1995 Finnish parliamentary election

1995 Finnish parliamentary election

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All 200 seats in the Eduskunta 101 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.58%
Party Leader % Seats +/– SDP Paavo Lipponen 28.25 63 +15 Centre Esko Aho 19.85 44 −11 National Coalition Sauli Niinistö 17.89 39 −1 Left Alliance Claes Andersson 11.16 22 +3 Green Pekka Haavisto 6.52 9 −1 RKP Ole Norrback 5.14 11 0 Christian League Toimi Kankaanniemi 2.96 7 −1 Young Finns Risto E. J. Penttilä 2.81 2 New Rural Party Raimo Vistbacka 1.30 1 −6 Ecological Greens Veltto Virtanen 0.28 1 New Liberals for Åland Gunnar Jansson 0.22 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for party by province Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Esko Aho Centre Paavo Lipponen SDP

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Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 19 March 1995.^[1]

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) achieved the best result of any party since World War II, winning 63 of the 200 seats in the Eduskunta and defeating the incumbent centre-right coalition led by the Centre Party. The result was attributed to the government's unpopular austerity policies as well as lingering effects of the early 1990s recession.

After the election, a five party "Rainbow Coalition" was formed, between the SDP, National Coalition Party, Left Alliance, Swedish People's Party and the Green League, with SDP leader Paavo Lipponen appointed Prime Minister.